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Matching stripes!
I have been thinking about matching stripes. I can think of examples when stripes and patterns don’t match in nature, and those are truly beautiful! Otherwise, I think if something is hand crafted the stripes should match. I spotted this lovely polyester spandex knit the other day. It has a perfect design on it, stripes…
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So easy you could do it with your eyes closed!
I have to take a slight detour in my blouse sewing schedule. I have noticed some “staples” missing in my work wardrobe – a dark brown skirt and a navy blue skirt. So I grabbed up the easiest quickest pattern I have, McCall’s M6654, and two polyester knits from my stash. Both fabrics are so…
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A “boo boo”…
…and a true sewing challenge! Perhaps you remember the day I ambitiously chose to cut out material for three shirts in one afternoon full of interruptions, blogged here, with terrible results? I have yet to take a close look at my work to see what size all three fabrics, indeed every pattern piece, has actually…
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My quick fix and I am really happy with it!
Yesterday’s post resulted in a lovely blue cardigan, McCall’s M6802 ….. that needed some improvement. The pattern instructions suggest to leave the bottom and collar edge rough or to hem the bottom and collar edge up as usual. The problem with that is the bottom hem continues up into the collar hem, which then…
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Did I do okay? Part two… and a quick Cardi for the cold office!
I am going to try it again. Like always, if you don’t like it the first time, keep trying until you are happy with the results. I traced my first pattern in my lifetime here. It was good, but not great. So I try again, this time with tracing paper from the art section of…
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I figured it out!
I have been sewing up exercise clothes in a frenzy lately and looking at what’s on line and in the stores and therefore the most fashionable. I found a pretty gathered fold over waistband on a pair of $62.00 (Canadian) name brand yoga pants and I just wanted them – not for $62.00 though! I…
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Thank you!!
It arrived! It arrived! Today my embroidery patch arrived in the mail – my winnings in Sewing with Scooby Snacks Give Away! (You might have to take a peek at her blog for a better photo of her stitchery! I never realized how bad my camera was!) But it is lovely and I have a…
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So I guess if you lose your voice, it’s time to write a blog post?
Lying here on the couch, watching TV and reading other blogs, fighting off my cold with hot chicken soup, hot tea and a chocolate bar (a recommended cure, honestly!), I have decided I might as well write up one of my own on what I put together last week. Perhaps you remember my sister, Bon-Bons &…